All Social care articles – Page 51
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NewsMonitor: 'No evidence' of poorer quality of care in small hospitals
Small hospitals should continue to play an “important role” in the NHS, Monitor has indicated after a new study found “no evidence” of poorer quality clinical performance when compared with larger providers.
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NewsPolitical consensus grows on merging health and social care budgets
A political consensus is emerging in support of pooling all NHS and social care funding, with the idea now openly backed by both the shadow health secretary and his Liberal Democrat counterpart.
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NewsHunt moves to shield hospitals from integration fund failure
Jeremy Hunt warned that there must be a ‘proper risk sharing profile’ in all better care fund plans to protect hospital finances
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NewsDelayed discharges cost NHS £526m, warns Age UK
A charity for older people has warned of a “marked rise” in the length of time elderly people are held up in hospital while they wait for social care.
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NewsHunt: Risk sharing will protect hospitals from better care fund failure
Better care fund plans must share risk between hospitals and commissioners to prevent the acute sector losing out if they fail to deliver, Jeremy Hunt has revealed
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NewsBetter care fund gives integration a 'bad name', says Burnham
The government’s better care fund is in danger of giving “integration a bad name” and of tipping the NHS over a financial cliff next year, Andy Burnham has said
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NewsNHS's 'ridiculous' £1bn savings demand sparks care fund worry
The NHS will expect health and wellbeing boards to prove they can save £1bn by joining up health and social care services next year – £300m more than anticipated
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NewsBetter care fund hits £5.4bn
Councils and healthcare providers plan to pool £5.4bn as part of their efforts to integrate health and social care for the government’s Better Care fund, the Local Government Association has revealed.
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CommentVideo: The story of an elderly patient who never made it home
Why out of hospital services need to change
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NewsSurvey: what are the top challenges facing health and wellbeing boards?
HSJ and sister title Local Government Chronicle are conducting research to discover the key issues HWBs face
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NewsCare Bill 'will reform health and care'
Reforms to the health and social care system cleared the Commons yesterday , with ministers claiming they would lead to the most significant changes in more than 60 years.
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HSJ Knowledge'Social' antenatal care: benefits for midwives and mothers
Group appointments and networks save money
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BlogsThe better care fund fiasco
Taking money from hospitals and giving it to local authorities is unlikely to improve working relationships
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CommentMutuals could save the NHS
Only friendly societies can keep the NHS free at the point of use
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HSJ KnowledgeNHS Health Checks under scrutiny
The importance of reviewing the public health programme
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NewsNHS financial crisis 'inevitable'
A financial crisis in the health service is “inevitable”, a leading health charity has warned.
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NewsWinterbourne View scheme an 'abject failure', minister admits
Combined health and local government drive to help people with learning disabilities move out of hospitals has been an “abject failure”, Norman Lamb has said
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NewsPatients given anti-psychotic drugs
More than two thirds of inpatients with learning disabilities in specialist units are given anti-psychotic medication, a census commissioned in response to the Winterbourne View Hospital scandal has shown.
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HSJ KnowledgeAct now to stop the NHS's £17bn diabetes time bomb
Take steps to tackle the diabetes funding crisis